When The Magic Goes Rod Dreher, The American Conservative » Rod Dreher
dustinparkes @kenarneson @Sky_Kalkman I’d like to vote for the ISFJ party, but I’m concerned how that might affect others and their opinion of me.
DSzymborski @hangingsliders The good thing about Bochy is I get to use that Wheel of Fortune graphic a *lot* (http://t.co/p31TfKtp)
The Wrong Side Absolutely Must Not Win “The past several weeks have made one thing crystal-clear: Our country faces unmitigated disaster if the Other Side wins.”
The Great Consolidation of Power “This is the perverse logic of meritocracy. Once a system grows sufficiently complex, it doesn’t matter how badly our best and brightest foul things up. Every crisis increases their authority, because they seem to be the only ones who understand the system well enough to fix it.”
How hiccups, yawns and giggles make us human Joan Raymond, The Body Odd
How can you make your weekends more awesome? Eric Barker, Barking up the wrong tree
Understanding Politics Chapter 1 BuzzFeedVideo
Venus and Serena Against the World “Life was get up, 6 o’clock in the morning, go to the tennis court, before school. After school, go to tennis. But it was consistency. I hate to put it [like this], but it’s like training an animal. You can’t just be sometimey with it.”
Romney vs. Iran “But the question isn’t entirely binary. That is to say, there are aggressive policy options that Romney might have that wouldn’t involve a full-scale invasion of Iran.”
Anti-Political Politics “It seems to me Jake Meador, in observing how impoverished we are to think that all politics has to take place within government and party structures, is trying to ease us toward imagining an American version of Havel’s anti-political politics.”
Michael Woodford may have written the year’s most important academic paper. Here’s why. Dylan Matthews, Wonkblog
The trouble with atheists: a defence of faith “The point is that from outside, belief looks like a series of ideas about the nature of the universe for which a truth-claim is being made, a set of propositions that you sign up to; and when actual believers don’t talk about their belief in this way, […]
Exhausperation · Ben Ward “Growing up is hard. Many mantras of working for the web are about never stopping growing, learning, and developing ourselves. But we’re adults; we could stop. We could settle down with our lot, but we don’t. We choose to keep life difficult.”
BoobsRadley The next time somebody bitches about Millennials, maybe remind them who linoleumed over all the hardwood floors.
The Sad Secular Monks | First Things “A life that has no room for serious romantic partners can’t have much space for deep friendships either. This should be the one culture war fight where we can all be on the same side: if careers preclude real relationships, something’s gone deeply wrong.”
Tom & Daisy 2012 | The American Conservative ‘Americans don’t care that the country is going broke and in decline; we just want a politician who can make us feel good, who can convince us that if we only connect with the right emotions, we can be born again. No repentance, no sacrifice, no relearning: […]
If Jesus Had Read Ayn Rand Rod Dreher, The American Conservative » Rod Dreher
Stanford researchers’ cooling glove ‘better than steroids’
Raising Aces: Four of a Kind: Oakland`s Aces by Doug Thorburn (author unknown), Baseball Prospectus